Carpet Museum

One of the best museums in Central Asia, the carpet Museum of Ashgabat has a rich collection of carpets woven by various Turkmen tribes have always acclaimed to be the best in design and weave. The carpets and designs come from Tekke,Yamud, Sarik and Chodor famous tribes. During the Bolshevik revolution a large number of Turkmen tribes moved into northern Afghanistan and later contributed a lot to the economy of the country.

The museum houses one of the largest carpet and a large variety of other carpets like prayer rugs, entrance decorations, horse bags and trappings and pillow covers. Also there is a large collection of Turkmen gillims.